Baldur - God of Norse Mythology

Baldur is one of the most popular norse gods. As a son of Odin and Frigg and brother of Hodr, he is depicted as the god of beauty, purity, love, righteousness and peace. To make sure he can not die, Frigg goes to every single animal, plant and race to make them swear an oath to not kill her son. Only the simple mistletoe seems too unimportant for Frigg to ask an oath of. The gods make a game out of it and hit Baldur with anything they can think of, without being able to kill him. Loki decieves Hodr into throwing mistletoe at his brother. The branch hits Baldur and kills him, which makes Hodr the killer of his brother. Baldur is also described as god of the sun, and upon his death he is associated with the winter and summer solstice.

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